In a laughable dodge, Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton has responded to President Obama's assertions that Sony Pictures made a mistake by pulling The Interview. His case? "Hey! We didn't make the mistake!"

Variety reports that Lynton said the following to a CNN reporter in an interview (but not The Interview) that is yet to air:

"We have not caved. We have not given in. We have persevered,"

You can just hear the emphasis on the "we" there, can't you?

What Lynton is pointing to, of course, is that five major theater chains backed out of showing The Interview before Sony went and pulled it entirely, as if that somehow validates Sony's additional cowardice. It doesn't for a few reasons. Sony is the one who chickened out in the first place, leaving the decision of whether or not to run The Interview up to the theaters that bailed. Also, Sony could totally just have let ballsier studios do whatever they pleased instead of icing the whole thing.